Can microfinance work? : how to improve its ethical balance and effectiveness
By: Sherratt, Lesley
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BookPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2016.Description: xix, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780199383191Subject(s): Microfinance | Financial institutions -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 332 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 332 SA FI Financial markets and institutions | 332 SA FI Financial markets and institutions | 332 SA FI Financial markets and institutions | 332 SH CA Can microfinance work? : | 332 SK HO How much is enough? : | 332 TY RI The rise and fall of money manager capitalism : | 332 VA IN An introduction to global financial markets : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-213) and index.
Part I. Empirics. The double-edged sword: the microfinance model and the moral hazards inherent within ; Poverty's panacea, or snake oil salesmen: does microfinance work? -- Part II. Microethics: the practices of microfinance. From empowerment to exploitation: MFIs and their borrowers ; From solidarity to coercion: the dynamics of group liability ; The dog not barking: a duty of care in microfinance -- Part III. Macroethics: the industry of microfinance. Silenced stories: the distribution of benefits & burdens within microfinance ; Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil: microfinance and the informal economy ; The macro impact of microfinance -- Part IV. Making microfinance more ethical. Keeping the good eliminating the bad, transforming the ugly: how to practice microfinance ethically ; Wider lessons: what we can learn from microfinance for antipoverty development efforts.
Can Microfinance Work? presents a thorough-going and nuanced ethical assessment of the microfinance industry, drawing on the author's expertise in the fields of finance and applied ethics.